Outlast (2013)
Why it's scary: In Outlast, you're an investigative journalist entering into an insane asylum armed with nothing more than your wits and a night vision camera. Unlike most games, you cannot engage in combat and instead have to run or hide to avoid the terrors lurking in the dark. Just be careful to use your camera carefully – the batteries don't last very long.
Scare rating: 💀💀💀💀 /5
Available on: PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
P.T. (2014)
Why it's scary: Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro's "playable teaser" for the now-cancelled Silent Hills places you in a single, infinitely looping hallway. Each successfully completed loop layers on a new set of changes: from unsettling lighting, to obscure writing coating the walls, and the presence of a ghost named Lisa.. You cannot defend yourself nor can you die. All you must do is progress through each series of hallways no matter how terrifying they become.
Scare rating: 💀💀💀💀💀/5
Available on: PS4
Silent Hill 2 (2001)
Why it's scary: While the whole Silent Hill franchise is pretty unsettling, it's the second installment that remains the best and most disturbing. You play as James Sunderland, a man who returns to the abandoned town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter written by his deceased wife. As you descend deeper into the town, you encounter deformed creatures like Pyramid Head and the undead nurses. But it's James's personal demons, which are brought to life by the empty town of Silent Hill, that are the most threatening.
Bonus fact: The first Silent Hill game was adapted into a movie.
Scare rating: 💀💀💀💀💀/5
Available on: PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360.
Alien: Isolation (2014)
Why it's scary: Playing as Amanda Ripley, daughter of Sigourney Weaver's now-iconic hero Ellen Ripley, your mission is simple – search a deserted space station to track down a lost flight recorder. But it's soon after landing that you discover the single Alien Xenomorph inhabiting the corridors of the space station. Although you have access to multiple weapons throughout the course of the game, there is limited ammunition available meaning that every shot you take has to count.
Scare rating: 💀💀💀/5
Available on: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Why it's scary: Regarded as one of the greatest games ever made, this installment of Resident Evil replaces bloodthirsty zombies with an all-too human mob of infected cultists as the main enemy. You play as special agent Leon S. Kennedy, who battles horrific new creatures on his mission to rescue the President's daughter. Just remember to watch out for the screaming, chainsaw-wielding madman.
Scare rating: 💀💀💀/5
Available on: PC, Wii, PS3, PS4, xbox 360, and Xbox One.
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